Butter-worker



(No Model.)

H. J. ANDERSON.

BUTTER WORKER.

No. 483,201. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

UNITED STATES HANS J. ANDERSON, OF

BUTTER- LAKE MILLS, \VISCONSIN.

WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,201, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

Application filed september 4:, 1891- Serial No. 404,699. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HANS J. ANDERSON, of Lake Mills, in the county ofJefferson and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Butter-Workers, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the butter-worker for whichLetters Patent No. 4 14,27 0 were issued to me on January 6, 1891; andit consists in the reconstruction and rearrangement of operative partsof the butter-worker whereby a more simple, effective, and enduringmechanism is produced than that contained in the device heretoforepatented to me.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the completebutter-worker. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, partly in section, on line 2 2of Fig. 1, of the device, parts being broken away to show otherwisehidden construction. Fig. 8 is a detail of the rollenbearin gs at therigh thand in Fig. 2.

A is a frame of suitable form and size for supporting the operativemechanism.

B is a hollow cylindrical drum partially open centrally at the frontend. The rear end of the drum is closed, and is provided with agudgeon,by which it is journaled at that end on the frame. At the frontend the drum is supported and rotates on idle-wheels D D, journaled insuitable boxes therefor secured to the frame. The front end of the drumis partially closed by an annular partial end or flange E, leaving acentral opening into the drum. This circular opening to the drum isfurther partially closed by the side boards F F, secured detachably tothe frame in the plane of the partial end E. These side boards at theirouter edges are fitted loosely to the inner circular edge of the partialend E, and the drum revolves around them. Buckets G G, each consistingof a piece of board extending from one end to the other of the drum,project inwardly from its periphery obliquely to the radii, bein ginclined inwardly forwardly in the line of motion of the drum. Theseshelves or buckets serve to catch and carry the butter to and above thehopper H, into which it falls from the buckets and is carried by gravityand guided by the hopper between the corrugated rollers I I. The hopperH is supported on the frame within the drum, and the rollers II arejournaled in boxes K K and L L at their respective ends. The rollers areprovided with gears M M, meshing with each other, and one of whichmeshes with the gear N on the driving-shaft O. The driving-shaft isprovided with a fast pulley P and a loose pulley P for connecting it bya belt with the powersupply. The shaft is j ournaled on the frame.

It is desirable to so arrange the rollers, which are located oppositeeach other, that they can be adjusted toward and from each other, andfor this purpose the boxes L L are made movable toward and from eachother in ways therefor in the frame, and the boxes are connected by aright and left hand screw R, secured to the frame against endwisemovement and provided with a detachable crankhandle R, whereby by therotation of the screw the journal-boxes may be adjusted toward or fromeach other, the j ournal-boxes K K being sufficiently loose therefor inthe frame. In the construction shown the journal-boxes K are connectedtogether by a link K to prevent their movement away from each other,while permitting alimited amount of movement to accommodate theadjustment of the boxes L L.

For revolving the drum a pinion S,splined on the driving-shaft O, mesheswith an annular rack T, fixed on the front end of the drum. Ashifting-lever V, pivoted on the frame, rides at oneend in a groovetherefor in the hub of the pinion S and is adapted for shifting thepinion into and out of gear with the rack T, so that the drum may or maynot be revolved by the driving-shaft, as desired. A series of aperturesU in the rear end of the drum near the periphery provide for the escapeof buttermilk from the drum.

It will be understood that in using this butter-worker butter is placedin the drum and by the rotation of the drum in the direction indicatedit is carried up to the top and falls into the hopper, by which it isdirected onto and between the corrugated rollers, whereby the milk isforced out of it, the butter falling from the rollers upon the bottom ofthe drum to be again carried up and passed between the rollers until thebutter is entirely free of buttermilk, the milk in the meantime fallingon the bottom of the drum and escaping therefrom through the aperturestherefor in the rear end.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A'butter-Worker consisting of a frame, a cylindrical drum opencentrally at one end, a gudgeon fixed centrally to the drum on itsclosed end, and Wheels axled on the frame under the open end of thedrum, whereby the drum is supported revolubly, a driving-shaft arrangedat right angles to the axis of the drum, having a pinion gearing with anannular rack on the partially-open end of the drum, buckets on the innerperipheral Wallet the drum, projecting inwardly therefrom and extendingintact from one end Wall to the other end Wall of the drum, a pluralityof corrugated rollers in the drum, centrally arranged parallel andnearto each other at right angles to the axis of the drum, journaled inarms fixed on the frame and projecting into the drum through its openend, and gear-wheels on the axles of the rollers, meshing with eachother, the outer one meshing, also, with a pinion on the driving-shaft,substantially as described.

2. In a butter-worker, the combination of a cylindrical revoluble drum,one end of which is open partially centrally, the drum being alsoprovided with apertures at its periphery for the escape of buttermilktherefrom, fiat buckets projecting inwardly from the peripheral Wall ofthe drum and forwardly at oblique angles to the radii and extendingintact from end to end of the drum, adapted by the revolution of thedrum to elevate the but ter therein, two corrugated pressure-rollersnear to and parallel With each other, geared together, supportedcentrally in the drum at right angles to its axis on a frame therefor,an annular-toothed rack on the front end of the drum, and adriving-shaft geared independen tly to the rack: on the drum and to oneof the rollers in the drum, substantially as described.

3. In a butter-worker, the combination of a cylindrical revoluble drumpartially open at one end and provided with means about its peripheryfor elevating butter therein, butter-working rollers near to andsubstantially parallel with each other, located horizontally andcentrally in the drum atright angles to its axis on a suitable frametherefor, Wheels on the rollers at one end, meshing with each other,journal-boxes adjacent to the Wheels, movable slightly on the supportingframe and connected together by a link, and other journal-boxes movableon the frame, in which other boxes the other extremities of the rollersare journaled, and a right and left hand screw secured to the frameagainst end- Wise movement, turning into and connecting the latterjournal-boxes, whereby the rollers may be moved toward and from eachother, substantially as described.

In, testimony whereof I affix mysignaturein presence of two Witnesses.

HANS J. ANDERSON.

WVitnesses:

H. A. KYPKE, B. F. NEWTON.

